Mismatch/misfit: a universal disorder exemplified by scoliosis due to unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia.
The nature and etiology of, plus current treatments for, scoliosis are discussed. Instructive cases are presented. A specific cure for all cases is not presently possible but we should eliminate therapies which, lacking an etiological basis, are counterproductive.
Baggot
M G
MG
Bellefontaine Habilitation Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013131:Spine / Q000033:anatomy & histology*